The invisible God: the earliest Christians on art
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index The history of interpretation -- The apologists' attack on Greek art: history and literature -- The content of the attack on Greek art -- The emperor's image -- Christianity before 200: invisibility and adaptation -- The earliest Christian art -- Invisible divinity and visible religion This is a study of early Christian (first three centuries C.E.) attitudes toward art. The traditional view is that the early Christians produced no art because they were opposed in principle to visual images. When Christian art finally does appear, it has been considered a popular development and a decline from earlier, more austere spiritual values. Corby Finney here refutes these traditional understandings, through a close examination of the archaeological and literary evidence in its cultural and social context. He finds that it was primarily the Christian belief in the invisibility of God that inhibited the production of images, rather than opposition to images as such. A contributory factor, he believes was the relative invisibility of the Christians themselves within Roman society. Christina art "came out" chiefly when the Christian acquired a legal status and the capacity to own property and to build (and hence to decorate) places of worship. Before this, says Finney, very little differentiated the Christians from society at large, and certainly not outward signs. When they did use decorated material objects (seals and lamps) they drew on symbols already in use.; Offering an important corrective to prevailing views about early Christianity, this study will be of great importance not only to scholars and students of Christian theology and history, but to art historians as well |
| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (xxviii, 319 pages) |
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| spelling | Finney, Paul Corby Verfasser aut The invisible God the earliest Christians on art Paul Corby Finney New York Oxford University Press 1994 1 Online-Ressource (xxviii, 319 pages) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index The history of interpretation -- The apologists' attack on Greek art: history and literature -- The content of the attack on Greek art -- The emperor's image -- Christianity before 200: invisibility and adaptation -- The earliest Christian art -- Invisible divinity and visible religion This is a study of early Christian (first three centuries C.E.) attitudes toward art. The traditional view is that the early Christians produced no art because they were opposed in principle to visual images. When Christian art finally does appear, it has been considered a popular development and a decline from earlier, more austere spiritual values. Corby Finney here refutes these traditional understandings, through a close examination of the archaeological and literary evidence in its cultural and social context. He finds that it was primarily the Christian belief in the invisibility of God that inhibited the production of images, rather than opposition to images as such. A contributory factor, he believes was the relative invisibility of the Christians themselves within Roman society. Christina art "came out" chiefly when the Christian acquired a legal status and the capacity to own property and to build (and hence to decorate) places of worship. Before this, says Finney, very little differentiated the Christians from society at large, and certainly not outward signs. When they did use decorated material objects (seals and lamps) they drew on symbols already in use.; Offering an important corrective to prevailing views about early Christianity, this study will be of great importance not only to scholars and students of Christian theology and history, but to art historians as well Geschichte 30-600 gnd rswk-swf Geschichte 30-305 gnd rswk-swf RELIGION / Christianity / General bisacsh Vroegchristelijke kunst gtt Christentum Geschichte Gott Christian art and symbolism To 500 Christianity and culture History Early church, ca. 30-600 God Knowableness History of doctrines Early church, ca. 30-600 Art, Early Christian Fathers of the church Christliche Kunst (DE-588)4010109-5 gnd rswk-swf Christentum (DE-588)4010074-1 gnd rswk-swf Theologie (DE-588)4059758-1 gnd rswk-swf Frühchristentum (DE-588)4129954-1 gnd rswk-swf Gott (DE-588)4021662-7 gnd rswk-swf Kultur (DE-588)4125698-0 gnd rswk-swf Christentum (DE-588)4010074-1 s Kultur (DE-588)4125698-0 s Geschichte 30-600 z 1\p DE-604 Gott (DE-588)4021662-7 s Christliche Kunst (DE-588)4010109-5 s Geschichte 30-305 z 2\p DE-604 Theologie (DE-588)4059758-1 s 3\p DE-604 Frühchristentum (DE-588)4129954-1 s 4\p DE-604 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=151197 Aggregator Volltext 1\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 2\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 3\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 4\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk |
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| title_full | The invisible God the earliest Christians on art Paul Corby Finney |
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| topic | RELIGION / Christianity / General bisacsh Vroegchristelijke kunst gtt Christentum Geschichte Gott Christian art and symbolism To 500 Christianity and culture History Early church, ca. 30-600 God Knowableness History of doctrines Early church, ca. 30-600 Art, Early Christian Fathers of the church Christliche Kunst (DE-588)4010109-5 gnd Christentum (DE-588)4010074-1 gnd Theologie (DE-588)4059758-1 gnd Frühchristentum (DE-588)4129954-1 gnd Gott (DE-588)4021662-7 gnd Kultur (DE-588)4125698-0 gnd |
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